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Be itnknown that I, EDWARD FLATHER, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut,

-have invented a new and improved Baggage-Check; and I do hereby declare that tho following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in `the art to make and use the same,'reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification...

Thisjinventiou relates to a new and improved baggage-check, and consists of a slotted arm or our revolving ou a screw or rivetset in aciroular disk, on which the names of various places or numbers are marked. The name of the place desired to be indicated is seen through the slot'in the arm, which is secured in place by a pin attached to the arm, and fitting into ahole in the disk; or the required number may be' indicated by the pin being set into thehole opposite thereto. In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved baggage-check set for Boston, but broken away toshow the pin.

Figure 2 .is a view of the reverse side, and

Figure 3 is va section of g. 1 through the linex 1v.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is one surface of a circular disk, of metal or other suitable material, having the names of places marked thereon. B is the reverse side of the same circular disk, having numbers instead of names of places; or the ldisk' may lbe inscribed with names or numbers only on one or both surfaces. C is a slotted arm or bar, the i name ofthe place to be' indicated being shown through the slot; or the slot may be dispensed with, and the name indicated by the arm or bar C-being set above or below it. D is a screw or rivetl passing through the slot or its equivalent in the arm C, and set in the disk A B. d is the uut securing the screw. eis a pin on the arm C, which secures into the'holes 1 2.3, Snc., or b b b b,.&c., shown in the surface, B, of 'thedislc To use the check, the nut cZ is loosened, the pin c raised ont ofthe hole in which it lay, and, if it is desired to indicate a. name, the arm C is moved.` round on the set-screw D until the required name on the surface A` is shown through the slot, when the pin c drops into a. hole,'and the nut d being screwed up, the required name continues to be shown through the slot until the nut lis loosened for thepurpose of indicating the name of some other place. To indicate a number, the arm C, if slotted, is slid along the screw until the pin c lies in the circle in which is the hole bearingqthe required number or surface, B, andthe arm C is then turned on thescrew until the pin c reaches such numbered hole, when it is set into it, the last-mentioned operation only being performed if the arm be not furnished with a, slot, and the nut d is then screwed up', securing the pin in place inl the hole I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt- The 'indicator-arm C, revolving on the set-screw or. rivet D, and their respective equivalents, in combination with the disk .A B, substantially as herein set f orth and described. e

- EDWARD FLATHER.

Witnesses LonIN FoLLEr'r, CURTIS THOMPSON. 

